“I love watching old fights. It's hard to watch the black-and-white footage, although I know about Randolph Turpin and people like that, but I'm talking about Hearns, Haggler, Leonard, those guys. Sugar Ray Leonard, he was way before his time, throwing bolos and all that, those big wind-up bolo shots.”

British bare-knuckle boxer and former professional boxer

James DeGale is a British bare-knuckle boxer and former professional boxer, active from 2009 to 2019. He is best known for winning the IBF super-middleweight title twice during his career. Before reaching the world level, he held the British and European super-middleweight titles between 2010 and 2012. He also challenged for the Commonwealth title in 2011, marking an important stage in his rise through the division.